Balance control in multiple sclerosis: Correlations of trunk sway during stance and gait tests with disease severity

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-60

  Corporaal, Sharissa H A ^a   Gensicke, Henrik ^a   Kuhle, Jens ^a   Kappos, Ludwig ^a   Allum, John H J ^a   Yaldizli, Özgür ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance deficit; Gait test; Multiple sclerosis; Stance test; Trunk sway measure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STANDING; TRUNK;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84870292842     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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